Improvement in dress-adjusters



E. EBNBR. Dress-Adjuster.

No. 220,588. Patented Oct. 14, I879.

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EDUARD EBNER, OF BERLIN, PRUSSIA, GERMAN EMPIRE.

IMPROVEMENT IN DRESS-ADJUSTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 220,588, dated October11, 1879; application filed May 12, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDUARn EBNER, of Berlin, in the Kingdom of Prussia,German Empire, have invented a new and Improved Dress-Adjuster, of whichthe following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1, 2, and 7 represent,respectively, a top view, a vertical longitudinal and a verticaltransverse section of the lower plate of my improved dress-adjuster.Figs. 3 and at are a top view and a vertical longitudinal section of thetop plate of the same. Figs. 5 and 6 are top views of the adjustingdevice, shown in difl'erent positions; and Figs. S'a'nd 9 are verticaltransverse sections of the adjuster, showing the relative positions ofthe plates when applied to the dress.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The invention relates to an improved device for adjusting ladiesdresses, and more especially the waists of the same, in a convenientmanner, so that they fit simply and comfortably to the body.' The deviceadmits the enlarging of the waist after the dress has been put on, so asto enable ladies to obtain an easy and perfect fit of the dress.

The invention consists of a dress-adjuster that is preferably arrangedinside of the waist, below the arms, and constructed of two separatesections or plates, which are adapted to interlockwith each other,thelocking device being so arranged as to be separately released fromthe plates, so as to widen the dress when the same is on the body.Laterally extending fingers of the top plate serve to keep the plait orfold fiat and straight.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the lower, and B the top, plateof my improved dress-ad j ustin g device, which is, by preference,applied to the waist below the arms, being attached by means of wire orother keepers, a, to the inside lining of the dress. The plates A B aremade of "suitable sheet metal, and are made to slide one below theother, the lower plate, A, being guided, by means of headed studs 1) b,in guide-recesses d d of plate B, as shown clearly in the drawings.

When one plate is pushed in below the other it is rigidly looked theretoby means of parallel sliding lock-bolts f g, which extend across therecesses d d, and prevent the release of the lower plate, A. One or morebolts may be arranged, according to the degree of adjustment desired.When two or more sets of bolts are arranged and the lower plate ispushed in as far as the slots will admit and locked by the bolts, thedress may be made wider by successively withdrawing one set of boltsafter the other, the degree of widening being in proportion to thedistance between the bolts. By finally withdrawing the outermost slidebolt f, the plate Abecomes entirely detached from the plate B, and thewaist expands thereby to its utmost extent.

The bolts f, which pass across the upper and lower guide-slots of plateB, are in line with each other, and are connected by wire rods k and l,which are guided in a transverse piece or bridge, 3 The wire rods k andl bear on a raised rib or ribs of the top plate and are slightly bentthereby, the tension of the Wires preventing the sliding and release ofthe bolts.

To the lower ends of the bolts are attached strings, by which they arewithdrawn, as desired.

The dress is contracted before it is put on by connecting the plates andsetting the bolts in locked position.

The fold a: of the dress at is shown in Figs. 8 and 9, said figuresindicating, respectively, the greater or less contractionof the dress.

The lower plate, A, is stitched onto a strip, 0, of the lining. When theplates are entirely detached from each other the fold a: spreads out toits full extent and becomes entirely flat.

The top plate, B, is further provided with lateral fingers p 12 19 thatextend beyond the edge of the same, and serve to keep the fold a."

smoothly and evenly between them and the lower plate, A.

The dress-waist may be used with one adjusting device only, or with two,one at each side, as desired. If two are used the dress may be madeconsiderably wider, as two folds may be entirely let out. The guiding ofthe plates, one on the other, as Well as the locking mechanism, may bevaried from and constructed in simple manner, so that the device may befurnished at low rates.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a dress-adjuster, the combination of two platesor sections, which are attached to the lining of the dress, with guidingand interlocking mechanism, by which the plates may be transverselyadjusted, one below the other, or entirely detached from each other, asset forth.

2. The combination of plate A, having studs 1) b and guide-recess d, andof plate B, having stud b and guide-recesses d, with one or more sets oflocking slide-bolts, f g, substantially as described.

3. In a dress-adj usting device, the top plate, B, having lateralfingers p p p, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresenceof two subscribing witnesses.

EDUARD EBNER. Witnesses:

GERARD VON NAwRooKI, BERTHOLD R01.

